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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sarah Banet-Weiser, University of Southern California; Dr. Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana University; and Dr. Sue Zaeske, University of Wisconsin-Madison Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Enjoy every stage of your academic career. I’ve always been interested in academic administration,” says Lopez. “I

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Unapologetic Leadership Thought: Freedom Dreaming

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kelley’s notion of the “ Freedom Dream ,” an invitation to imagine an educational space that is grounded in racial equity, social justice, and collective liberation. Community colleges will have funding to support endowed chair positions for faculty. During the presentation, Garcia talked about Dr. Robin D.

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Belmont plans to hire Jewish faculty for the first time

Confessions of a Community College Dean

plans to break a long-standing tradition of only hiring Christian instructors by opening some faculty positions to Jewish candidates. University leaders recently announced they’re specifically recruiting Jewish faculty members to teach in three of its graduate programs, hopefully as early as this spring.

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ACPA Student Affairs Assessment Institute Recap

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

2023 Assessment Institute Faculty (Backrow: Paul Holliday-Millard, Heather Strine-Patterson, Melissa Brown, Kristyn Muller, Sarah LaFrance, Chris Patterson, Shaun Boren, and Jerri-Ann Berry Danso. Including the two co-chairs, there were a total 14 institute faculty.

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Equity and Inclusive Excellence Update

Goucher DEI

This growing virtual resource hub offers students, faculty, and staff easy-to-access and easy-to-use resources for navigating various experiences. Maeba is excited to use this shift as an opportunity to build and expand social justice dialogue work at Goucher. In addition to her previous work, Rev.

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HBCU Medical Schools Growing in Number

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To launch a new medical school years in the making took mobilizing a village of support that included faculty and staff. Since announcing plans for the new medical school in October 2022, Sealey, a former surgeon and medical school administrator, said his first year as founding dean has been “exciting but taxing.”

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AAUP: How wealth is being weaponized to manufacture backlash

University Business

AAUP concedes CRT inspired grassroots social justice movements during the pandemic, but the organization also believes that contemporary academic framework was built on decades of scholarship, peer review and debate on race, gender, American history and social equality.